PRIA Logo™
Take the PRIA Score
Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73

§3475 Contracts

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 48— - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part Part B— - General Administrative Provisions › § 3475

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lets the Secretary make and carry out contracts, grants, leases, cooperative agreements, and similar transactions with federal or other public agencies (including State and local governments) and with private organizations or people, and to make advance or reimbursement payments as needed, under chapters 1–11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41. No authority to enter contracts or to make payments under this subchapter can be used unless Congress provides the money in advance through appropriation Acts, except for the authority under section 3481.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §3475

Education — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Subject to the provisions of chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except section 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41, the Secretary is authorized to make, enter into, and perform such contracts, grants, leases, cooperative agreements, or other similar transactions with Federal or other public agencies (including State and local governments) and private organizations and persons, and to make such payments, by way of advance or reimbursement, as the Secretary may determine necessary or appropriate to carry out functions of the Secretary or the Department.
(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no authority to enter into contracts or to make payments under this subchapter shall be effective except to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance under appropriation Acts. This subsection shall not apply with respect to the authority granted under section 3481 of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification In subsec. (a), “chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except section 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41” substituted for “the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, which Act enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

20 U.S.C. § 3475

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73